💀 Fatal Fall
A vanilla friendly, server-authoritative fall damage rework for Valheim.
Fatal Fall smooths out the harsh spikes of vanilla fall damage while preserving danger where it matters.
By default, falls are slightly less punishing than vanilla, but extreme drops can still deal massive damage-or kill you outright (yes, well over 100 HP).
Near-fatal falls can trigger a borderline save, leaving you alive but bleeding, giving you a brief window to react, recover, or make a bad situation worse.
Designed to feel fair, learnable, and to add meaningful depth to fall damage without changing how the game controls or feels.
✨ Features
- Server-authoritative fall damage scaling
- Defaults slightly gentler than vanilla (fully configurable)
- Borderline “near-death” save when a fall barely kills you
- Leaves you at low HP with a bleeding StatusEffect
- Configurable bleed damage, duration, and grace period
- Optional on-screen popup messages when borderline triggers
- Fully multiplayer-safe (dedicated server compatible)
- Works in single-player, listen servers, and dedicated servers
- No changes to movement, physics, or controls
- Designed to feel natural and vanilla-friendly
⚙️ Configuration
Fatal Fall provides configurable options for:
- Fall damage multiplier
- Minimum scaled fall damage
- Borderline save window (HP)
- HP left after a borderline save
- Bleed duration, DPS, and grace period
- Optional popup messages (rotate or random)
- Presets: Casual / Normal / Hardcore
- Debug logging
Notes
- Configuration changes require a game restart
(server restart for dedicated servers)
- Popup visibility and UI elements are client-side
🛡️ Server Admin Notes
- All fall damage logic is enforced server-side
- Borderline saves and bleed are applied authoritatively
- Clients cannot bypass or desync fall damage behavior
- Safe for long-running servers and modpacks
📜 Changelog
v0.3.8
- Fixed issue affected dedicated servers
v0.3.7
- Fixed custom StatusEffect icon loading
- Ensured bleed StatusEffect properly expires and cleans up
- Improved dedicated server stability
- Finalized popup messaging behavior
- Introduced borderline save + bleeding mechanic
- Added configurable bleed grace period
- Added optional popup messages for near-fatal falls
- Reworked StatusEffect lifecycle for correctness
- Ensured full server authority for fall damage and bleed
- Multiplayer safety fixes
- Config tuning and polish
- Initial public release
📦 Requirements
If you need to contact me, please follow the Discord link on the Thunderstore page and report any issues or bugs there.
